insist

insister, s'obstiner

Continuer à réclamer quelque chose même quand d’autres personnes ne sont pas d’accord.

En anglais simple : To keep saying that you want something, even when other people disagree.

• You can come if you insist.
• He insisted on paying for lunch.
• Why do you insist on doing everything yourself?

Comment l'utiliser : insist on doing something (He insisted on driving despite our objections.); insist that someone do something (She insisted that we stay for dinner.)

Synonymes : demand

Contraires : yield

Expressions courantes : insist on something, insist on paying, insist on going, insist on payment

affirmer, soutenir

Dire avec fermeté que quelque chose est vrai, surtout quand d’autres en doutent.

En anglais simple : To say firmly that something is true, especially when other people doubt it.

• I insist that I am right.
• She insisted she had never seen the letter.
• The witnesses still insist that they heard two shots.

Comment l'utiliser : insist that… (The driver insisted that the light was green.); insist on something (Despite the evidence, he insisted on his innocence.)

Synonymes : maintain, assert, declare

Expressions courantes : insist that, insist on innocence